TOK

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=**Linking CAS and TOK PowerPoint**= =** Cynthia Ballheim, Upper Arlington High School IB Coordinator **=

= = =**IB TOK Units from philosophyonline.co.uk**=

Andrew Hunter, Renaissance Magnet High School
The following Word Documents are lessons (found on the web ) in Skepticism; Rationalism; Empiricism; Perception; and Knowledge, Belief, and Truth. These may be useful in the TOK classroom:





=Lancaster High School's TOK Schedule Strategy=

Matthew Cafiero, Lancaster TOK teacher
At LHS, students meet with the TOK instructor for all four semesters of their DP study. The following describes the theoretical structure of our TOK schedule of study, though we are still working to implement all of its features.

As Juniors, students take a 1-semester English elective called Research and Technical Writing, which we use as "Pre-TOK." During this course, we ensure that students have the research and academic writing skills needed for their Extended and TOK essays, as well as their general use during the academic careers. This class is also used as a time to introduce CAS, EE and other DP requirements, establish calendars, practice study skills and so forth.

The second semester of the Junior year, students stay in the same schedule and classroom, now taking TOK I, the first half of TOK. Students study TOK four days each week. Fridays are workshop days, used for CAS coordination meetings, working on the TOK Oral and TOK Essay, guided study and workshops on the Extended Essay, and speakers or other events. This cuts down the number and length of out-of-class meetings required for our already busy students and faculty.

During the summer between the Junior and Senior years, the students attend a 2-day workshop at a local university, which includes a progress check on their Extended Essay and TOK assessments, a CAS review, and a college tour. We are looking at extending this to include the TOK Oral Presentations as well.

The first semester of the Senior year, the students complete TOK II, with workshops continuing on Fridays. They submit their final assessments (Extended Essay, etc.). The Friday workshops begin to transition into study sessions for the IB assessments in their other courses, and college application and financial aid workshops.

The final semester of the Senior year, the students take a 1-semester Independent Study course, which is used to complete any state or local requirements (Health, Government, PE) which may have been missed. We also use this time to resolve any missing or incomplete IB requirements such as final CAS reports. We schedule college visits, and we also send the Seniors to the middle school to talk to 7th and 8th grade students about the program, and to hand out materials about course prerequisites required for students wishing to enter the IB program as Juniors.

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